Thursday, April 3, 2014

Heading South

Work took me to Avenue M. It was a fine day to stroll between Ocean & McDonald, and enjoy the abundance of barbers & candy shops, kosher pizzerias & lingerie stores. A pharmacy on every block, or so it seemed, & look, there was a Rossman Farms, sibling to the store on Third & 26th.

And the sheer pleasure of the names: Rita's Clothing, Ed's Shoe Repair, Meyer's Liquors, Jimmy Candy, Sam's Laundry, Benny's pizza, & of course, the incomparable Bunny Martel. (Bunny Martel! I've been whispering that name ever since I set eyes on the place.)

As I passed another parlor, Forever Young, a car drove by, windows down for warm weather, & this was the song that played on the radio. It seemed perfect..